An additional 68 more Covid-19 infections have been confirmed in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 7,236 the Ministry of Health reported at noon on Monday.
According to the ministry's report, all of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 48 in Bac Giang, 12 in Hanoi, four in Bac Ninh, two in Long An, and one each in Dak Lak and Danang.
The 48 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some industrial parks of Van Trung, Dinh Tram, Song Khe-Noi Hoang, and Quang Chau which have reported a large outbreak over the last few weeks. Local authorities have temporarily closed the four industrial parks for Covid-19 prevention and control.
As of Monday noon, 4,163 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 2,209 in the virus epicentre of Bac Giang. The outbreak has so far spread to 34 cities and provinces nationwide.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 7,236 including 5,733 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on May 30, a total of 2,950 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
So far there have been 47 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
Source: dtinews.vn